by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 13, 2011 | Insurance Reform
Benifits Pro reports: “Like the villain in a bad slasher flick, Congress will be back to take another stab at Medicare cuts. The nation’s Medicare program may have been the single most-debated program during the recent Congressional talks about our national debt...
by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 10, 2011 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Insurance Reform
News from the Blues reports: “The Institute of Medicine (IOM) today publicly released its final report titled “Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost.” This report details the findings and recommendations of the IOM regarding the benefits that...
by Eriksen Insurance | Oct 3, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform, Uncategorized
When a survey earlier this week found that health insurance premiums had risen 9 percent this year, the usual suspects made their usual arguments. “As this survey shows, the president’s promise that his partisan health law would lower costs was just empty rhetoric,”...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 29, 2011 | Blue Cross and Blue Shield
News from the Blues Blue Cross and Blue Shield reports: “We will be asking targeted employers – those with 25 to 125 subscribers – for assistance to meet an Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement. Health insurance companies are now required to report their...
by Eriksen Insurance | Sep 28, 2011 | Health Insurance Cost, Insurance Reform
Forbes reports: “There’s never a slow news day in health-care land. Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Hospital Association’s Health Research and Educational Trust released their annual Employer Health Benefits survey, which showed that...
